Improvement in churn-dashers



dhttrd (hm- Letters Patent N 93,207, dated August 3, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN' CHURN-DASI-IES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making par? of the same To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IVILLIAM KEGG, of Lassellsville, in the county of Fulton, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Churn-Dasliers? and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference Abeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming pait of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvement-s in churning butter, and consistsin the peculiar form and construction ofthe dasher,.in the method of aerating or supplying atmospheric air to the cream, and regulating the temperature thereof, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying sheet of drawing Figure l represents a view of the dasher, showing la tubular staff, with lanair-valve therein, the same heilig connected by an elastic tube, with a water-tank through which theair is drawnthe tank bein'g shown in red color. A

Figure-2 is a view of the churn-dasher, lookingfrom the line a.' x of lig. l.`

Similar letters of referenceiudicate correspomling parts.

In this drawing, the ehur-n is seen in red color.

A is the dasher.

B is the staff or handle.

Thel staff is a tube, having a detachable head, B', near its upper end, with valve-recess aud valve C theleiu, which valveopensfrom the pressure of the atmosphere when the dasher is raised, and admits air into' the tubular handle, and closes when it descends.

The air is discharged into the cream beneath the dasher at every stroke.

lh'e peculiar form of the dasher causes a whirling motion inthe cream, producing' a paitial vacuum be;l

neath the dasher, into which the air rushes as the dasher is raised.

The dash'er, on its periphery, presents a succession of wings, the ends of which are seen in fig. l, standing at an incline of about forty-live degrees,

Between them, for about two-thirds of the diameter, the .dasher issolid, and forms Ve'shaped channels or recesses on each side, or above and below, which incline from the sta" toward the periphery, orends of the wings.

represents the inclined ends of the wings, y and c the V-shaped channels from the centre to the periphery.

It is well known that it is necessary to keep the cream at' the right temperature to insure anything like a quick operation in churning butter.

The common way is to throw in hot water, if the cream is-too cold, and cold water if it is too warm. This is never done without more or less injury to the butter.

Keeping the cream properly aerated docs not injure the butter under any circumstances, whether the air introduced is warm or cold.

I therefore temper the air, which is introduced by drawing it' through a vessel or tank of either cold, warm, or hot water, as the case may be, thus raising or lowering the temperature of the cream, by means of the air introduced.

I do not broadly claim introducing air to the creamv shown, for the purpose specified.

2. Introducing air into the cream through the tubular flasher-shalt B, by means of the pipe attached to the upper ond of said dasher, and communicating with a water-tank, through which the airfpasses, as herein described, for the purpose specified.

The above specification of my Ainvention signed by me, this 21st day of' April, 1869. 4 Y.

WM. KEGG. Witnesses v FRANK BLookLnY, ALEX. F. Itonnn'rs. 

